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St. Augustine Fishing in January: Reds, Drum, and Sheepshead Crush It
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# St. Augustine Fishing Report
Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure with your St. Augustine fishing report, and let me tell you, January's been treating us real nice down here in the Ancient City.
We're looking at a high tide this morning at 7:01 AM over at the beach with waters running about 4.87 feet, so if you're heading out now, you've caught that sweet window. Low tide hit earlier around 12:32 AM, so we're riding that incoming push right now—perfect for moving fish into the shallows where the reds and drum love to hunt.
The recent reports from early January showed reds, drum, and sheepshead absolutely crushing it out there. These fish are active in the chilly water, and sheepshead especially love those hard structure areas where they can hunt for crustaceans. We've been seeing solid catches of reds along the flats and in the inshore channels.
For tackle, you'll want to bring some medium spinning setups and have both live and cut bait ready. Live mullet and shrimp are your bread and butter for reds and drum, but don't sleep on fiddler crabs if you're targeting those sheepshead—they can't resist them. Artificially, work some topwater lures early and late, and throw spoons and soft plastics in the deeper pockets during the middle hours.
Head out to the flats around Anastasia Island if you can—those shallow grass beds are holding plenty of feeding fish right now. The inlet area's also been producing, especially if you time it with that incoming tide we've got this morning.
Thanks for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for daily reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quietperiodplease.com.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure with your St. Augustine fishing report, and let me tell you, January's been treating us real nice down here in the Ancient City.
We're looking at a high tide this morning at 7:01 AM over at the beach with waters running about 4.87 feet, so if you're heading out now, you've caught that sweet window. Low tide hit earlier around 12:32 AM, so we're riding that incoming push right now—perfect for moving fish into the shallows where the reds and drum love to hunt.
The recent reports from early January showed reds, drum, and sheepshead absolutely crushing it out there. These fish are active in the chilly water, and sheepshead especially love those hard structure areas where they can hunt for crustaceans. We've been seeing solid catches of reds along the flats and in the inshore channels.
For tackle, you'll want to bring some medium spinning setups and have both live and cut bait ready. Live mullet and shrimp are your bread and butter for reds and drum, but don't sleep on fiddler crabs if you're targeting those sheepshead—they can't resist them. Artificially, work some topwater lures early and late, and throw spoons and soft plastics in the deeper pockets during the middle hours.
Head out to the flats around Anastasia Island if you can—those shallow grass beds are holding plenty of feeding fish right now. The inlet area's also been producing, especially if you time it with that incoming tide we've got this morning.
Thanks for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for daily reports. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quietperiodplease.com.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI